Jesus says, "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" Matthew 7:7. He supports this with a comparison to parents giving good gifts and concludes that the Father gives good things to those who ask Matthew 7:9–11.
In Matthew 7:7–11 Jesus urges his hearers to approach God with steady, active confidence: ask, seek, and knock. He backs this with a broad promise that asking leads to receiving and seeking leads to finding. Then he uses everyday parent-child examples to show that even flawed human parents give what is helpful rather than harmful. These lines sit within the Sermon on the Mount’s practical instruction on how disciples should live and relate to others and to God. Just before, Jesus warns against judging others while being blind to one’s own faults, and he urges discernment about what is shared with those who will only trample it (7:1–6).
Jesus presents God as a dependable Father who responds to his children. The passage makes an explicit link between three actions (ask, seek, knock) and three corresponding outcomes (given, found, opened).
A common mistake is to turn the wording into a slogan. The better reading keeps the phrase tied to the passage, the speaker, and the problem the book is addressing.
Start with Matthew 7:7, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
7"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.